Clive Derby-Lewis
| Clive Derby-Lewis | |
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| State President's Council | |
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In office September 1989 – April 1993 |
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| Leader | F. W. De Klerk |
| Member of parliament for Krugersdorp | |
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In office 1987–1989 |
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| Leader | Andries Treurnicht |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 January 1936 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 3 November 2016 (aged 80) South Africa |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
Clive John Derby-Lewis (22 January 1936 – 3 November 2016) was a South African politician, who was involved first in the National Party and then, while serving as a member of parliament, in the Conservative Party. He served a life sentence for his role in the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani. He has been described as a "right-wing extremist" by the Daily Telegraph; and as someone who "even by South African standards...has acquired over the years a reputation as a rabid racist" by journalist and South Africa commentator John Carlin. He was described in 1988 by anti-apartheid opposition leader Harry Schwarz as the "biggest racist in Parliament".
He was repeatedly denied parole since he began applying in 2010, most recently in January 2015, after objections from the Hani family. After multiple times being declined parole, his appeal was taken to court where the judge granted him medical parole on 29 May 2015. He was released from prison in June 2015 after serving 22 years, due to his terminal lung cancer. He died from the disease on 3 November 2016.
Derby-Lewis, who was born in Cape Town, was an Afrikaner with German and Scots ancestry. He grew up in Kimberley and was educated at the then-Christian Brothers' College. He articled as a chartered accountant and worked for both an accounting firm and an oil company; he also became an Extraordinary minister of Holy Communion at Blessed Sacrament Church in Johannesburg before he left the Catholic Church in the early 1980s. He later joined the Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (English: Afrikaans Protestant Church), notable as a staunch supporter of Apartheid.
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